The Hotel de Bilderberg is a hotel in Oosterbeek in the Netherlands where the Bilderberg Group first met in the 1954 Conference.  The hotel gave its name both to the Group and those who participate in its activities (Bilderbergers). It is owned and operated by the Bilderberg hotel chain, which runs 20 hotels in the Netherlands.

The Bilderberg Meeting is an annual conference established in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. The group’s agenda, originally to prevent another world war, is now defined as bolstering a consensus around free market Western capitalism and its interests around the globe. Participants include political leaders, experts from industry, finance, academia, and the media, numbering between 120 and 150.